Thread: Why won't my razor shave my beard?

Originally Posted by mloyd

Thanks for the advice everyone! I sent a PM to the person who honed it, and he recommended that I use a steeper angle, and that I strop it a bit more. This worked pretty good. I wasn't able to get all of the whiskers off, but I am much more confident as I enter round three! Any other advice would be much appreciated!

Yay!! If you keep your mind open and ask for help here, you'll be getting DFS pretty dang soon! It takes a while, but it's worth it!

Welcome to SRP - it's a great place to exchange ideas - seek information. Glad things are working out a bit better for you!

Welcome to SRP! Here you will learn and read about a whole bunch of things, it's a great forum. What I learned, the hard way, is when I was starting out I was dulling my razors on the strop which rolls the edge over so it won't cut.

Did you strop the razor when you started?

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

As above this all could cause your issues. If all else fails some face time with another member or a old time barber always helps to find out what the problem is.

This turns out to be great advice. I spent sometime making some calls today and I found an old time barber and he spent about 30 minutes with me. One of the many problems that I have is that my strop (a vintage one that I inherited with the razor) was too stiff. He showed me how to make it more supple by applying lather. He also gave me a barbers stone. Its an Aloxite...Idk much about it. Anyway, I treated my strop and it has a much better draw to it now.

Originally Posted by Disburden

Welcome to SRP! Here you will learn and read about a whole bunch of things, it's a great forum. What I learned, the hard way, is when I was starting out I was dulling my razors on the strop which rolls the edge over so it won't cut.

Did you strop the razor when you started?

I did not strop the razor at first because the note from the vendor said that it was unnecessary as he had given it a good stropping before sending it back.